Keep it open, but with renovations. According to Wikipedia, after the the 1999 shootings the Columbine High School tore down the library (where more than half of the deaths occurred) and built a new, larger library. The space where the old library had been was turned into a memorial atrium. Something similar would likely work here. Turn the space where the two or three classrooms where the shootings actually took place into, say, an indoor playground for the children to use in bad weather, and build a couple new rooms on the school for replacement classrooms.

Shyster wrote:Keep it open, but with renovations. According to Wikipedia, after the the 1999 shootings the Columbine High School tore down the library (where more than half of the deaths occurred) and built a new, larger library. The space where the old library had been was turned into a memorial atrium. Something similar would likely work here. Turn the space where the two or three classrooms where the shootings actually took place into, say, an indoor playground for the children to use in bad weather, and build a couple new rooms on the school for replacement classrooms.

The kids that currently go there would have a tough time returning to it as a school. Even if you re-do the parts where the shootings happened, they'll associate the school with the tragic events. They aren't high school kids, so the ability to process it and view it in a different way isn't so easy. Some, if not many, will find it a scary place to be.

MWB wrote:The kids that currently go there would have a tough time returning to it as a school. Even if you re-do the parts where the shootings happened, they'll associate the school with the tragic events. They aren't high school kids, so the ability to process it and view it in a different way isn't so easy. Some, if not many, will find it a scary place to be.

I agree entirely. Were all the victims 6th graders? If so, they could have all 6th graders finish the year in the temporary school they'll be going to, and then they'll be off to middle school next school year. Just a thought.

MWB wrote:The kids that currently go there would have a tough time returning to it as a school. Even if you re-do the parts where the shootings happened, they'll associate the school with the tragic events. They aren't high school kids, so the ability to process it and view it in a different way isn't so easy. Some, if not many, will find it a scary place to be.

I agree entirely. Were all the victims 6th graders? If so, they could have all 6th graders finish the year in the temporary school they'll be going to, and then they'll be off to middle school next school year. Just a thought.

MWB wrote:The kids that currently go there would have a tough time returning to it as a school. Even if you re-do the parts where the shootings happened, they'll associate the school with the tragic events. They aren't high school kids, so the ability to process it and view it in a different way isn't so easy. Some, if not many, will find it a scary place to be.

I agree entirely. Were all the victims 6th graders? If so, they could have all 6th graders finish the year in the temporary school they'll be going to, and then they'll be off to middle school next school year. Just a thought.

All of the victims were kindergarteners....

No, they were first graders (my son is the same age as some of the deceased). Lanza's mother volunteered with many from this class last year, when they were in kindergarten.